Bead activities

These beaded heart ornaments are a fun Valentine's Day craft for kids! They also make a great fine motor activity and pattern practice for preschoolers!

Pipe Cleaner Craft: Beaded Snakes

Forget about creepy snakes, and make this DIY Pipe Cleaner and Bead Snake Craft instead! Use them as bookmarks, bag charms, key chains and much more!

Simple and super easy to make; these little beaded heart decorations are a fun way to brighten a loved ones day!

These beaded pipe cleaner pumpkins are SO CUTE and super simple to make! You only need a two basic supplies: orange pony beads, and pipe cleaners. That's it! If you saw our beaded pipe cleaner Indian corn from a few weeks ago, the process is pretty similar. Except with these pumpkins, you pull apart the pipe cleaners to make a pumpkin shape - easy peasy! Before you know it, you'll have your very own pumpkin patch! I love pumpkin crafts. (And I love fall. And October. And the new sweaters I…

Rainbows, rainbow and more rainbow! Check out this fun pipe cleaner rainbow craft for an amazing fine motor craft and activity in one!

a quick and simple calming strategy craft to teach students about deep breathing.

I love when I find simple activities I can do with my class that kill two birds with one stone...or in this case three birds with one stone. We just started learning about patterns this week in math, so I've been trying to think of some fun patterning activities to do with my kids. I was straightening up my classroom this afternoon when it occurred to me that since we're also learning about the letter O this week, we could use pipe cleaners twisted into the shape of an octopus and put beads…

These braided pipe cleaner bracelets are so cute, and they can be made in less than 10 minutes using simple craft supplies. Combine pipe cleaners and beads to make these easy and fun pipe cleaner bracelets! Pipe Cleaner Bracelets Pipe cleaner bracelets are such a fun pipe cleaner craft! They're so simple to make AND they're a no mess craft (my favourite!). Because these pipe cleaner bracelets are so easy to make, they're a perfect activity for summer camp, Girls Scouts, or just for fun at…

And we're back. Don't you hate it when you make an announcement to the world, and then you can't follow through because life gets in the way? Yup. It's been one of those weeks! My publisher sent me the printed pages of my craft book to edit, mark up, and send back... so I had to read through 192 pages of crafts and instructions to find any mistakes. But I am ridiculously relieved to say that that was the FINAL edit and I won't see those pages again until it goes to print this summer. Crazy…